Sunday, July 31, 2016

The Golden Age version of the Comet was a violent hero drawn by Jack Cole who actually died and left his brother to avenge him as The Hangman! The Silver Age version first appeared as a mustachioed suitor for Fly Girl who wore a goofy helmet and later became a founding member of the Mighty Crusaders. Here's Jerry Siegel in what was probably an impossible attempt at merging the two backstories.

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Here's yet another of the gazillion or so Archie-like strips from 1940s and '50s comic books. This one offers up the smooth art of Bernard "Dib" Dibble, who at various times worked on many newspaper strips such as FRITZI RITZ, LOOEY DOT DOPE and THE CAPTAIN AND THE KIDS.

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

This little gem has some little known early art by the Severin/Elder team. Both men, of course, would go on to legendary status in the field at EC and beyond but that was still several years later here.

Monday, July 18, 2016

Lon Chaney, of course, was the "Man of 1000 Faces" but Chaney had died a dozen years earlier so the nickname was up for grabs. In this series, it was grabbed by one Ted Parrish, an actor who used his acting and makeup skills in the cause of justice as often as he did for the benefit of the box office.

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